Water-closet



Patent-Led May 16,, I899.

C. H. MOORE.-

WATER CLOSET.

{Applicqtion filed Jan. 9, 1894.)

(No Model.)

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. MOORE, OF YONKERS, NEW YORK.

WATER-CLOSET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 624,959, dated May 16,1899.

Application filed January 9, 1894. $erial No. 496,271. (No model.)

To it whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. MOORE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Yonkers, in the county of Westchester and State of New York, have invented a new and useful ater-Closet, of which the following is a specification. I

The object of my invention is to provide an earthenware water-closet having a box or chamber at the back of the bowl, integral with it and independent of the water-supply inlet, to secure seat-hinges to in a manner to allow the seat to be swung clear of the bowl,

so as to admit of the entire surface of the bowl being cleaned and to prevent any strain on the earthenware.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a vertical View, partly in section, of a portion of a closet-bowl provided with a box or chamber to which hinge-fittings are attached. Fig. 2 is a side View showing extension fittings or plates secured to the vertical sides of the box.' Fig. 3 is a view showing the extension fittings or plates secured to the vertical sides of the box.

I-Ieretofore in earthenware water closets having projecting pieces at the back of the bowl to secure seat-hinges to they have usually been in the shape of lugs or a shelf. In my invention I use a box or chamber joined to the back of the bowl at the center, but made independent of the water-supply chamber,

be put on any closet having a round or straight back. I

1 shows an earthenware water-closet having a water-inlet chamber 2.

3 is an earthen projection at the back of the bowl to form a top or shelf for the box or chamber 5.

4: represents projecting pieces that form the vertical sides of the box. These sides 1 can ing the bolts 7- to keep the metal bolts from coming in contact with the earthenware.

9 represents rubber rings on the bolts '7 and within the hinges to prevent jarring the earthenware by any movement of the seat.

10 shows extension fittings or plates which I use when it is desirable to get the axis of the hinges higher than the apertu res with the bolts 7 only fastened in them will permit of.

11 represents nuts that hold the extensionfittings in place.

12 shows pintles on the extension-fittings for the hinges to operate on.

13 shows the hinges.

14: represents pieces projecting in on the earthenware from the extension-fittings to prevent the upper end of the said extensionfittings from shifting.

15 shows the seat to which the hinges are secured.

The advantages are, first, by the use of a box or a shelf and Vertical sides 4 a greater supporting-surface to the wall of the closet is obtained than if lugs or a strip only are used; second, when the seat is raised the entire'top surface of the bowl can be cleaned; third, simple and effective way to operate the seat.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1.- The combination with an earthenware water-closet having a seat secured directly to the bowl, of an earthen projection extending out from and across the center of the back portion of the closet-bowl and of less length than the width of thesaid bowl, and having apertures made in the vertical sides, hingefittings secured in the apertures, a seat secured to the hinges and the water-supply chamber separated from the apertures by an earthen wall.

2. The combination with an earthenware water-closet, of a box or chamber made integral with the bowl and extending in a horizontal direction from one side of the watersupply inlet to the other expressly for the purpose of supporting hinge-fittings, the said" chamber being separated from the water-supply inlet by an earthen wall and having apertures in the vertical sides, hinge-fittin gs secured to the said apertures, and a seat secured to the hinges.

3. The combination with an earthenware water-closet, of a box or chamber 5 projecting out from the rear of the bowl, hinge-fittings secured to the vertical sides of the said box or chamber, the water-inlet chamber 2 within the box or chamber 5, and a seat secured to the hinge-fittings.

4. The combination with an earthenware water-closet having a projection or box extending across the center of the back portion of the bowl, and of less length than the width of the bowl and having apertures in the vertical sides, of extension fittings or plates secured to the vertical sides and having pieces 14: project in on the earthenware in a manner to prevent the upper ends of the said extension fittings or plates from moving, hinges secured to the extension fittings or plates and a seat secured to the hinges' 5. The combination with an earthenware water-closet, of two distinct chambers made at the rear of the bowl, the chamber 2 being for the purpose of introducing Water to the bowl, and the chamber 5 having apertures in the vertical sides, hinge-fittings secured to the apertures and a seat secured to the hinges, as and for the purpose set forth.

0. H. MOORE.

Witnesses:

ARCHIBALD B. BEITH, NELSON MARX. 

